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Out of the corner of my eye, I saw something large hop behind a bush. It dwarfed the ordinary cottontails that we see on our property. Hopping again, I noticed something else. The feet and ears were snow white, but the body remained an earthy brown. With its large feet…
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A summer of volunteer patrolling for the Indian Peaks Wilderness had left me longing. Longing for a hike with our pups, Logan and Shawnee. We’d done a lot of hikes around Nederland many times — Lost Lake, the Rim Trail, Blue Lake. I wanted to see something different, yet get…
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Driving the gravel road, I scanned the horizon for something moving. The tundra stretched for miles and miles with no trees blocking my view. It felt strange to experience so much wide open space at such a low elevation — less than 3,000 feet. Such is life in Alaska. I…
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As a Park Ranger working at Rocky Mountain National Park, I was often asked about Longs Peak. “What can I do to get ready to hike Longs Peak?” “Well, you might try testing yourself on a smaller peak to see how you do. Something like Twin Sisters, or Flattop Mountain.”…
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